Debunking Common Core Curriculum’s so-called Four C’s
“When you go to doctors, they don’t take all your blood, they only take a sample.” — Professor Stephen Krashen Professor Diane Ravitch had a brief comment entitled The True Goals of Education? this...
View ArticleLook what Susan Ohanian started about the #commoncore.
Most days I try to post meaningful quotes concerning education on my Facebook page. Today I posted: The issue is trusting teachers, trusting kids, and trusting them to find the books they need. The...
View ArticleTFA: “It’s just one unverifiable anecdote after the next”
While it may be overly optimistic (which I am rarely accused of being) to suggest that the shine is wearing off the Teach for America brand, it is clear that credible challenges to TFA are being...
View Article“Honesty is such a lonely word…”: Jeb Bush Lacks Credibility (Again)
It is becoming a disturbing refrain in my head whenever I visit Twitter: Where’s the media? Jeb Bush offers a string of claims, no relevant evidence, and the all-too-usual glossing over of real...
View ArticleSusan O to Vermont Politicos on Common Core
Susan’s op-ed is from VTDigger.org: Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Susan Ohanian of Charlotte [VT], a longtime teacher and author of 25 books on education policy and practice. Her website is at...
View ArticleResearch proven: School Libraries and Free Voluntary Reading. Unproven and...
Research proven: School Libraries & Free Voluntary Reading. Unproven and expensive: #CCSS & iPads. #LAUSD @skrashen pic.twitter.com/Cg2z5Z7uxM — Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) September 26, 2013...
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